Japan's Forgotten Islands

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Signore Galilei

Signore Galilei

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@Kden21
@Kden21 Жыл бұрын
Many of these islands, such as Ogasawara for example, was land registered under the City of San Francisco until the U.S. handed them back to Japan when they were done with their occupation. Funny to think that at one point you could sail across the ocean and technically arrive at the same city you departed from. Also thank you so much for making a video about this!!
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
That is a funny thought, definitely. And you're welcome!
@KamalasFakePolls
@KamalasFakePolls Жыл бұрын
It'd be full of homeless junkies if San Francisco still had it.
@Bighatman
@Bighatman Жыл бұрын
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@martykarr7058
@martykarr7058 Жыл бұрын
The REAL reason they gave back Ogasawara is that they didn't want to deal with any more kaiju after the giant octopus took down the Golden Gate Bridge.
@raguelelnaqum
@raguelelnaqum Жыл бұрын
Minor addition: the Osagawaras actually were an Andlo-American colony, first peopled by a mixture of European, Non-Japanese East Asian, South Asian, SE Asians, American Peoples of Mixed Heritage, Polynesian & Melanesian peoples before Japan seized the islands in 1875. The population remained there even after the Japanese started peopling the islands with their own, until forcible relocations of these effectively indigenous descendants of those colonists, akin to the relocations of the Indigenous Ryukyu peoples to Honshu occurred just before WW2. The US technically still had a legal claims to the islands that it hadn't pressed until the war, but after the war and the depredations the Japanese did against the Obeikeitomin (Bonin islanders) the US seriously considered permanently keeping the islands to keep Japan in check, and only agreed to return them until the Japanese government compensated the Obeikeitomin & gave them special settlement/residency rights regardless of their citizenship. Which is ironic, given that originally the US had left them to fend them for themselves because the Obeikeitomin were mixed race.
@rodazi
@rodazi 7 ай бұрын
Recent archeological findings have revealed that islands throughout the entire Izu-Bonin-Marianas Arc were prehistorically inhabited by the Chamori (the indigenous people of the Mariana Islands now commonly known as Chamorros) as far north as Hachijojima. The Kuroshio current flowing north of Hachijo is what presumably prevented them from being able to migrate any farther than that.
@titan941234
@titan941234 Жыл бұрын
Just for some more information. Here are some relatively small to medium size islands not being mentioned, sometimes ignored by foreigners, while still important in some ways. 1. Tsushima Island(対馬島), between Japan and Korea, probably the most famous one, for the naval battle of Tsushima, and the game Ghost of Tsushima. 2. Iki Island(壱岐島), an even smaller island between Tsushima and Kyusyu. 3. Oki Islands(隠岐諸島), small volcanic archipelago, near the west coast of Honshu. It was a popular place for Penal transportation in Japanese history. 4. Awaji Island(淡路島), which is in the middle of Eastern Shikoku and Honshu. Thus, it plays an important role in connecting two major Islands. 5. Sado Island, or Sadogashima (佐渡島), in the northwest of Honshu. Once it had rich gold and silver mine. The five islands above are also important in Japanese mythology. With Honshu, Shikoku and Kyusyu, these are the first group of land being created, although there are other versions. 6. There are many islands near the cost of Kyushu, but one of the most significant (in my personal opinion) is Tanegashima(種子島), located in the south of Kyusyu. It’s renown for the Portuguese (and probably any European) landing on Japanese territory for the first time, in 1543. Now, it acts as a center of Japanese space exploration, with a rocket launch site.
@boarbot7829
@boarbot7829 Жыл бұрын
Thanks-very interesting information.
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the extra island info!
@LGVRhin-Rhone
@LGVRhin-Rhone Жыл бұрын
nice follow up! One thing though: 5. is Sado Island/ Sadogashima it had the world's largest gold mine a few hundred years ago but closed after most of the reserves were mined.
@serebii666
@serebii666 Жыл бұрын
Tanegashima(種子島) - ooohh so that's why the Space Center in Pokemon Emerald is on Mossdeep Island!
@human-gx9pu
@human-gx9pu Жыл бұрын
As a Japanese, I can confirm that the person who wrote this comment received a great education!
@taka1416
@taka1416 Жыл бұрын
the latest archaeological and anthropological studies showed that before the Ainus, Hokkaido was inhabited by the Joumon.
@Leverchads
@Leverchads Жыл бұрын
Any sources?
@nm-nt4no
@nm-nt4no Жыл бұрын
@@Leverchads “Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan” in world heritage site is it.
@TheCrazierz
@TheCrazierz 7 ай бұрын
And before them another 10 groups.
@vistalover9607
@vistalover9607 7 ай бұрын
This is correct. Ainu are Siberian refuges pushed out by the Nivkh or are Nivkh themselves (can someone confirm?). There’s a chance they are related to the Oroqen but I don’t think so. Ainu technically sort of kind of fall into the Jomon category but saying that is often confusing because then people think Ainu ARE the Jomon when Jomon included the Emishi and all other people that are NOT Ainu. We know this because Ainu were Hunter gatherers and that’s exactly how they survived with the mainland Japanese came, by trading fur. The Emishi had agriculture so if the Emishi and Ainu are related, firstly that is strange since their clothing is not the same but also how did one group get hunter gatherer and another side is mostly agricultural and lost contact? A lot doesn’t make sense if that’s the case. So it’s more logical to think they were pushed by the the Nivkh are or Nivkh themselves. Probably not Nivkh though because Ainu language and Nivkh don’t have much anything in common
@Sovietonion-1312
@Sovietonion-1312 7 ай бұрын
@@vistalover9607 crazy how all 4 of you are wrong, the ainu are genetically closer to the jomon than siberians and it’s far more likely the the ainu are either the descendants of the jomon or had shared descendants with the jomon and were displaced by the incoming yamato people
@dragon_ninja_2186
@dragon_ninja_2186 Жыл бұрын
What I find fascinating are the islands along the Izu-Bonin Mariana Arc. If geography evolved differently, Japan could’ve had more bigger islands to the south of Tokyo if the arc was above sea level.
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, definitely. There are a lot of great "what if"s when it comes to geography.
@chiefmonrovia6691
@chiefmonrovia6691 Жыл бұрын
Ive been working on a video about japan for months now, im finally putting it fully together. Japanese influence over the south china sea and surrounding pacific is all over the place. Sometimes they controlled it all, sometimes they would execute anyone caught building a boat: Truly a nation of extremes (in a good way though, i love Japan)
@shinsenshogun900
@shinsenshogun900 Жыл бұрын
Depends on how Japan experiences their successes and failures as a nation, in a cyclical epic to keep on gaining comebacks, temptations of radical changes, downfalls, and redemptions
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
Your last video was a really neat style, I'm excited to see what you do for this one!
@Simone-sz5dh
@Simone-sz5dh Жыл бұрын
Do you love Japanese war crimes too 🤫
@babymonkey4601
@babymonkey4601 Жыл бұрын
What happened in Nanjing 1937-1938???
@chiefmonrovia6691
@chiefmonrovia6691 Жыл бұрын
@@babymonkey4601 only bowling. Don't ask what the balls were and definitely don't ask what the pins were
@harakovic
@harakovic 11 ай бұрын
1:42 7:26 Ainu people 2:58 Ryukuan people (2:48 Ryukyuan kingdom) 3:25 Izu Island's people (they speak hacijo) 3:53 Chichijima island 3:55 Hahajima island 6:48 Jeju island 7:15 Sakhalin 7:28 Orok & Nivkh ethnic groups ? 7:35 Kuril Islands
@volcanerd36
@volcanerd36 7 ай бұрын
Hi, Sakurajima is the most active volcano in Japan, followed by Suwanosejima. Aso is usually steaming but doesn't erupt every week. Nishinoshima is often active too. Etc. etc.! Thanks for video!
@stevend285
@stevend285 Жыл бұрын
new fun fact to add to my collection, that the US is the closest foreign nation to Tokyo.
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
Happy to add to your collection!
@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un Жыл бұрын
Minamitorishima is not only the easternmost part of Japan's territory, but also the only part of Japanese territory on the Pacific Plate, as it's passed the Japan Trench. The island is off limits to civilians except for Japan Meteorological Agency staff, although reporters, documentary makers, and scientific researchers can sometimes get an entry permit. The first discovery and mention of this island was made by a Spanish Manila galleon captain, Andrés de Arriola, in 1694. It was charted in Spanish maps as Sebastián López, after Spanish Admiral Sebastián López, victorious in the battles of La Naval de Manila in 1646 against the Dutch. Its exact location was left unrecorded until further sightings in the 19th century. Japanese explorer Shinroku Mizutani led a group of 46 colonists from Haha-jima to settle on Marcus Island in 1886. The settlement was named Mizutani after the leader of the expedition. The US claimed it in 1889 as part of the Guano Islands Act, but this was ignored by Japan and were annexed as part of the then Empire of Japan in 1898. The island has been called Minamitorishima ever since. They built the meteorological station in 1935. After WWII, it was under American control in 1952. The island was returned to Japanese control in 1968, but the US still controlled the airstrip and station until 1993.
@cbx3323
@cbx3323 Жыл бұрын
I am a construction worker and have been to that island on business. Preparing to mine underground resources.
@bebebaba3442
@bebebaba3442 Жыл бұрын
Great video! Subscribed
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@GhostCountries
@GhostCountries Жыл бұрын
Really interesting video man; this, honestly, is right up my alley in terms of personal interest and (if everything goes well) I might actually have a chance to visit the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands - part of the Nanpo Islands - later this year or sometime early next! 🇯🇵
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks! That sounds like it could be an amazing trip - I hope you get the chance to do it!
@GhostCountries
@GhostCountries Жыл бұрын
@@SignoreGalilei We'll just see if I can survive the 24 hr. ferry ride there! 😅
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
@@GhostCountries Good luck! I'm taking a multi-day Amtrak journey later this year - but there's no risk of getting seasick at least!
@GhostCountries
@GhostCountries Жыл бұрын
@@SignoreGalilei Oh, I actually did the same a few years back...or, well, it shouldn't have been a multi-day train ride, but that's what it turned into. 😅 So, good luck on your journey too!
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
Oh boy, that sounds like a story. And thanks!
@georgiopasca2720
@georgiopasca2720 Жыл бұрын
Nice video!
@aqueousmoments
@aqueousmoments Жыл бұрын
I am a resident of Japan. Your video is excellent and I hope many more will see it. Thank you
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@AirForceChmtrails
@AirForceChmtrails Жыл бұрын
Excellent! Fascinating! Well done!
@zaskiaalsakila7248
@zaskiaalsakila7248 7 ай бұрын
Hey 1,22. You missed the biggest country in that area, Russia. Calls the sea outside off Primorsky Kray, Vladivostok, Sea of Japan. So Japan has a "friend" in the naming of sea atleast. Soviet Union and Tsarist Russia also calls the area sea of Japan. I seen a video of USSR Navy. We are out of Vladivostok port, now we are in Sea of Japan. Yaponskoe More, Japanese Sea. The Pacific Fleet is at ready in the Japanese Sea. Ie, Russian Navy ships out of Vladivostok port.
@sunmock
@sunmock 6 ай бұрын
9:09, I don't get it, parts of Korea are less than 60km from Japan's Tsushima islands. Mainland Korea is only 180km away from Honshu. How is the Mariana islands closer than Korea?
@Naumovych_Dmytro
@Naumovych_Dmytro 5 ай бұрын
Because it's closest to Tokyo, not to Japan in general, as was said in video
@tsukioka9643
@tsukioka9643 Жыл бұрын
2:11 toyko lol
@rithwikp.m
@rithwikp.m Жыл бұрын
Great video !
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Icyy4406
@Icyy4406 Жыл бұрын
Why did you add a space before the "!"
@rithwikp.m
@rithwikp.m Жыл бұрын
Because
@Icyy4406
@Icyy4406 Жыл бұрын
@@rithwikp.m good reasoning
@wbbartlett
@wbbartlett 6 ай бұрын
So which of islands these are 'forgotten'? And by whom?
@mikeneko3076
@mikeneko3076 Жыл бұрын
2:10 丸の中心は確かに東京ですが、この大きさの丸は関東平野を指すものであり、実際の東京の大きさは2回りほど小さいです。
@John_4756
@John_4756 Жыл бұрын
Sea of japanと呼び始めたのは日本ではなくスペインかポルトガル人が最初だったはず
@TREEshichauyo
@TREEshichauyo 10 ай бұрын
ロシア帝国ね
@John_4756
@John_4756 10 ай бұрын
@@TREEshichauyo 日本の政府が出してる動画で言ってますよ
@pityssauro7374
@pityssauro7374 7 ай бұрын
Don't get confused, the Portuguese empire arrived in Japan first, not the Spanish
@John_4756
@John_4756 7 ай бұрын
@@pityssauro7374 どっちも同じような国だからこんがらがって分からなくなる
@TheStormglass
@TheStormglass 7 ай бұрын
It's a simple story: a long time ago, Westerners named it the Sea of Japan for navigation purposes, and today it is officially called the Sea of Japan. (Like the Indian Ocean or Arabian Sea) The people of the Korean Peninsula do not want to call it the "Sea of Japan" due to past grudges, so they are only insisting on it now. In fact, it makes no claims about the Yellow Sea on the opposite Chinese side.
@おぐシグ
@おぐシグ Жыл бұрын
I know there are many people who don't like Japan.However, as a Japanese, there is a lot of information about mistakes in the comments section and some people pretend to be Japanese that they don't like.Therefore, I would like you to look into it by yourself.
@matthewtopping2061
@matthewtopping2061 7 ай бұрын
Who else thought this was going to be Bill Wurtz at first?
@cprice2011
@cprice2011 Жыл бұрын
2:12 Toyko?
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I somehow missed that typo. I put a correction in the description.
@beautifulflorida
@beautifulflorida Жыл бұрын
Very interesting, informative video! Thank you for sharing!
@JacksonMcgarvey2665
@JacksonMcgarvey2665 Жыл бұрын
Nice video mate.
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@GasStationBird
@GasStationBird 7 ай бұрын
Queensland flag profile
@samhaine6804
@samhaine6804 Жыл бұрын
oh! i literally searched on youtube for 'minor japanese islands' a few days ago looking for a nice documentary and was so disappointed there was nothing there except one video about the bunin islands! thank you! xoxoxoxoxo
@samhaine6804
@samhaine6804 Жыл бұрын
id love a video on the channel islands/ outer hebrides too at some point, unless there are more pressing subjects on your to-do list. subscribed!
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
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@h2knad
@h2knad 7 ай бұрын
props to u for actually pronouncing japanese words pretty well for a foreigner
@BrainrotLover1
@BrainrotLover1 Жыл бұрын
7:10 Japan actually did acquire the Liaodong peninsula after the Sino-Japanese war, although they lost it quickly after due to the triple intervention. Just a fun fact
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
Cool, thanks for sharing!
@cskillet2003
@cskillet2003 10 ай бұрын
With the Old Breed is a great first hand account of an American marine who fought on Peleliu and Iwo Jima. It's a great read!
@Hohogamercoolkids2015
@Hohogamercoolkids2015 7 ай бұрын
how do people forget about the Kuril Islands?
@nenel24_
@nenel24_ Жыл бұрын
Another quality upload! Keep up the great work! 😁😁
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@PunctualRailroad
@PunctualRailroad Жыл бұрын
8:01 The map of the world as Japanese view, Russia's Sakhalin district has only northern Sakhalin(Karafuto) islands. Southern Sakhalin and Kuril islands (from Shumshu 占守島 to Urup 得撫島) are the territories which countries NOT DETERMINED INTERNATIONALLY (Not Japan nor Russia). Of course so-called "Northern territories 北方領土 Hoppo Ryodo", which means Etorofu-to 択捉島 (Iturup), Kunashiri-to 国後島 (Kunashir), Shikotan-to 色丹島 (Shikotan) and Habomai-Gunto 歯舞群島 (Habomai) are ALL regarded as Japanese territories. If you travel to Hokkaido, please watch the map. Almost maps of Hokkaido draws not only Hokkaido main island but also so-called Northern territories. (Some maps are partially cut off or deleted because of its space.) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpPOemWCnJ2jl8k
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
It's always interesting to see how different countries assert their sovereignty in map form. I'll keep that in mind.
@jameshitselberger5845
@jameshitselberger5845 Жыл бұрын
@@SignoreGalileiYu will see a much larger mainland China in Taiwanese government maps...Mongolia, Tana Tuva, and perhaps other regions along the Russian border and the borders of China's southern neighbors are included as part of China. No one should say that the government in Taipei is any less nationalistic than the one in Peking..Peiping as it is spelled on Taiwanese maps.
@Mute_Nostril_Agony
@Mute_Nostril_Agony Жыл бұрын
Hokkaido is a Territory not a Prefecture. You also forgot some of the big islands like Sado
@piano_beginner
@piano_beginner 5 ай бұрын
The word "prefecture" in Japan is a bit complicated Prefectures (to dou fu ken) =. Tokyo, Hokkaido, Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyou (to), Hokkaido, Osaka (fu), kyoto (fu) and the other 43 prefectures (ken).
@Mute_Nostril_Agony
@Mute_Nostril_Agony 5 ай бұрын
I was always told: 1 to (capital), 2 fu (mega cities), 1 do (Hokkaido- a territory) and 43 Ken (prefecture). Hokkaido is rare in having sub prefecture (shichō). When writing an address, you write "Hokkaido " not "Hokkaido-ken"
@mesugaki072
@mesugaki072 9 күн бұрын
見た感じ都道府県をprefectureって訳してるから、そういう誤解が生まれてるのだと思う。まぁ一つ言えるのはHokkaido-kenではないということ。
@Fantander1
@Fantander1 Жыл бұрын
8:04 Japan needs more territory; Russia needs more easily accessible seas and less US military bases around.
@KamalasFakePolls
@KamalasFakePolls Жыл бұрын
Make Sakhalin Karafuto again
@aleksandr1525
@aleksandr1525 Жыл бұрын
@@KamalasFakePolls Sakhalin citizen here. Totally agree
@freeculture
@freeculture Жыл бұрын
To be honest, Russia is too big for their own good. And it has vast territories simply neglected, let alone forgotten islands which are only used for political "prestige" and nothing else. The Kremlin is too busy trying stupidly to annex by force even more territory to the largest country on Earth, and failing miserably as they should. Unfortunately at the cost of hundreds of thousands of lives...
@あいうえお-o6s1f
@あいうえお-o6s1f Жыл бұрын
​@@freeculture I think, Russia is the country with the least efficient use of land per unit area in the world.
@xxxyyy8779
@xxxyyy8779 7 ай бұрын
Ukrainian trolls 👆👆👆 at their best🤣🤣🤣
@towgod7985
@towgod7985 7 ай бұрын
If you follow the Ryukyu island chain, you end at Formosa /Taiwan. Would that fact make them part of Japan? And less likely part of China?
@catdemon922
@catdemon922 Жыл бұрын
Wait how do you already have 25k subs and getting sponsors? I remember when you had less than 1k. Great job dude
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks! It's kind of hard to believe it myself. It's only been a bit more than a year since I first hit a thousand subscribers, but I've had a few runaway successes that have caught people's attention. I'm excited to see where the channel goes in the future.
@v1x4z
@v1x4z Жыл бұрын
I looove seeing small niche channels like this getting sponsors
@NeroPiroman
@NeroPiroman Жыл бұрын
Well made definetly
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
@NeroPiroman
@NeroPiroman Жыл бұрын
@@SignoreGalilei if you plan to keep the trend of island videos. Going, then the brittish isles might be a good idea
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
That might be a good one, thanks!
@Inspadave
@Inspadave Жыл бұрын
It should be the Sea of Japan, because the Japanese archipelago defines the sea. Even China refers to it as the Japan Sea.
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
I mean that makes some sense. It's not the only sea with multiple names though (the Persian/Arabian Gulf comes to mind).
@John_4756
@John_4756 Жыл бұрын
To begin with, it was the Spanish or Portuguese, not the Japanese, who began calling this area the Sea of Japan.
@meshirua
@meshirua Жыл бұрын
这件事确实很可笑,因为在古代日本对于这个“地中海”也有着独特的称呼,在古代日本人将其称之为北海,现代国际地理学将其称为日本海这事情实在是令人觉得很可笑。
@meshirua
@meshirua Жыл бұрын
将其称之为北海是最能够被所有人接受的。
@John_4756
@John_4756 Жыл бұрын
@@meshirua Could you tell that to the Portuguese or Spanish people who used to sail through the Sea of Japan in the past?
@石-o9n
@石-o9n 7 ай бұрын
I'm Japanese. Thank you for the wonderful video. There are various territories in dispute, but the video was very good because it was written neutrally from the perspective of a third party. Thank you for explaining the history of the background.
@Neasyorc
@Neasyorc 6 ай бұрын
Dokdo is korea.
@FeeshUnofficial
@FeeshUnofficial 7 ай бұрын
Man I can't believe they put in all this effort to make all of these pokemon regions real
@nikolaipdestro
@nikolaipdestro Жыл бұрын
Okidaito-jima is the almost exact antipode from my city, here in 🇧🇷
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
Cool!
@v1x4z
@v1x4z Жыл бұрын
I felt so smart in high school when I was the only one who correctly answered how many islands in total Japan consists of in a Kahoot! :D I wonder how would Japan look today if it never opened up its borders or if they never closed them in the first place
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
Kahoots are great. It would be interesting to see what Japan would have done had it been more open - could've gone well or poorly for them.
@champan250
@champan250 Жыл бұрын
@@yuyoshida2076 if Japan never closed off that extremely, it probably will go down a similar path as Qing China, since the Japanese elites won't demand a complete revamp on the traditional system.... As a result, it is unlikely Japan will own these outlying islands and Ryukyu will likely remain an independent kingdom
@yuyoshida7359
@yuyoshida7359 Жыл бұрын
@@champan250 Japan probably would have been colonized by foreign powers, being unable to adjust to Western society, technology and culture. The outer islands would also be subject to similar treatment, including what would have been of the Ryukyu Kingdom. But I don’t think this would ever affect Edo period Japan to annex the Ryukyu Islands, since we’re talking about the changes after 1853, and the European powers of that time had zero interest in national independence of previously annexed countries.
@champan250
@champan250 Жыл бұрын
@@yuyoshida7359 as you said... The colonial power will come in and conquer Ryukyu Kingdom before the less extremely Westernized Meiji govt and Qing China can do anything about it
@freeculture
@freeculture Жыл бұрын
Its explained in a video on yt, about the Samurai that went to the Pope and became Christian. The idea was to ally with one of the western powers (guns) to stop the others, and becoming catholic christian was part of the process. But, the English intervened to seed poison against the Catholics, claiming they were aiming to seize power. This backfired because the then new Shogun ruler (Tokugawa) banned anything foreign since for them it was clear those savages were conspiring against the State with their religion. The most impressive part is that this was erased from Japan's history and they didn't know until the 20th century that indeed a Samurai with a highest diplomatic mission went there by orders of a Daimyo who could have ended seizing power with western weapons from the others and changed history.
@woo1818
@woo1818 7 ай бұрын
You forgot the great state of Manchukuo in Northwestern Taiwan
@MichaTheLight
@MichaTheLight 7 ай бұрын
what is with Okinawa?
@marklangager8817
@marklangager8817 6 ай бұрын
Nicely done! I noticed that you didn't include Guam (which, though considered part of the Mariana Islands, is a territory of its own, separate from the Northern Marianas that you included). Is that because it was not part of the South Seas Mandate or the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands? Certainly that does not seem to be the case, since it's located right there between the other two and is now a US territory. Also, Japan famously occupied Guam during WWII and Guam's annual July celebration of "Liberation Day" (from the Japanese occupation) is always more robust than July 4th US Independence Day (go figure). But I believe Japanese inclusion of Guam (had Japan not lost the war) would have had some serious merits, including the obvious underwater extension of the Ogasawara Ridge it lies on and the certain Japanese development of local agriculture, which America has failed miserably to do, sufficing economic development (and fostering a social license for huge military bases) with monetary handouts. But things are as they are and the geopolitical world can be a scary jungle these days. It just seems like Guam deserves to be a full fledged state of whatever country occupies it, in our universe, the US... Anyway, truly interesting video!
@정의훈-t6h
@정의훈-t6h 7 ай бұрын
let me put this clear: DOKDO IS NOT DISPUTED TERRITORY japan is claiming the islands while Korea is simply ignoring japan’s wild claims Korea has a garrison and full control over the islands JAPAN IS DISPUTING OVER THE ISLANDS NOT KOREA note that there are many many Koreans who claim tsushima belongs to Korea so by your logic that would make tsushima a disputed island right?
@보키더록
@보키더록 6 ай бұрын
잘했다
@ああああ-j2y
@ああああ-j2y 6 ай бұрын
日本は国際司法裁判所での裁判を提案しています 韓国がそれを拒否するのは、竹島を支配する正当な理由がないからです もし理由があるのなら、中立な裁判で決めましょう。そこから逃げないでください。
@beans11138
@beans11138 6 ай бұрын
@@ああああ-j2y it's simple, because as they said dokdo is not disputed territory. Why would we take it to court and recognize it as one?
@ああああ-j2y
@ああああ-j2y 6 ай бұрын
@@beans11138 それは国際司法裁判所で公平に解決することより、ずっと独善的に思える
@beans11138
@beans11138 6 ай бұрын
@@ああああ-j2y 내 집을 남의 것이라고 우기는 사람에게 굳이 관심을 줄 필요는 없잖아요?... 우리 입장에선 일을 크게 벌일 필요조차 없다는 말입니다. 기회를 줄 필요가 없어요
@justinganaden7149
@justinganaden7149 Жыл бұрын
South Sakhalin doesn't sound Japanese to me!
@lluckylll777
@lluckylll777 Жыл бұрын
Tibet Uyghur Inner Mongolia Manchuria doesn’t sound Chinese to me
@ballsgaming6652
@ballsgaming6652 Жыл бұрын
@@lluckylll777 It’s funny because this comment has nothing to do with this comment which is a Straw Man Fallacy.
@hoanghai8354
@hoanghai8354 Жыл бұрын
​@@lluckylll777Scotland doesn't sound English to me
@SGE62
@SGE62 Жыл бұрын
@@lluckylll777thats because you speak english mf
@user-hf6fh2hm4h
@user-hf6fh2hm4h 10 ай бұрын
South Sakhalin=Minami Karafuto(南樺太)
@ground_news
@ground_news Жыл бұрын
Thank you Signoer Galilei! For anyone interested, check out the link above and let us know if you have any questions.
@kozakurakokone
@kozakurakokone Жыл бұрын
From my Japanese point of view, the pronunciation is excellent!
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I tried to practice everything a few times before saying it.
@小苹果xiao
@小苹果xiao Жыл бұрын
島の管理に困った時は日本に渡してください😂
@AverytheCubanAmerican
@AverytheCubanAmerican Жыл бұрын
I knew about the islands administered by the Tokyo Metropolis, but it's absolutely crazy how the city's jurisdiction is even bigger than we think! And something interesting to point out regarding Chichijima: During WWII, an incident took place there in 1944. Nine American pilots escaped from their planes after being shot down during bombing raids. Eight of them were captured and were all killed, with four being straight up cannibalized (on orders from Lt. Gen Yoshio Tachibana). So the question is, what happened to that ninth pilot? Well, that ninth pilot, who was twenty years old at the time and narrowly escaped...ended up becoming the 41st President of the US, GEORGE H W BUSH! This case was investigated in 1947 in a war crimes trial, and of the 30 Japanese soldiers prosecuted, four officers were found guilty. Vice Admiral Mori Kunizo was also involved (and claimed human liver had health benefits) but was only sentenced to life imprisonment for it until he too got sentenced to death as the result of war crimes in the former Dutch East Indies.
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
That's a great piece of history. I think I remember seeing that on Rare Earth, if I recall.
@Inumori_kaede
@Inumori_kaede Жыл бұрын
🇯🇵我が国 日本国についてすごい知っていますね。🇯🇵 日本の領土名歴史もすごいあっています! あと日本とアジアの領土問題というものがありまして、 日本🇯🇵と韓国(朝)🇰🇷に挟まれている、竹島 は日本の領土ですが、韓国は自分の領土だ!と主張し、不法に占領しています。😢 日本と中国と台湾の近くにある、尖閣諸島は同じく日本の領地です。ですが中国(中)🇨🇳と台湾(台)🇹🇼はこれは私たちの領地だ! と主張しています。 日本北部にある北方領土は私たち日本🇯🇵の領地ですが、ロシア(露)🇷🇺が不法に占領しています😡 これら4つの領土問題は今でも悩まされています…( ・ᯅ・ )
@AdvardNigma
@AdvardNigma Жыл бұрын
Japan should return to its native harbor (Russia)
@moistsnail7681
@moistsnail7681 Жыл бұрын
🎵 How did this happen? 🎶
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
In the year negative a billion...
@flyingbirdtat-mg1lh
@flyingbirdtat-mg1lh Жыл бұрын
People in Hawaii also wantedto be in Japan
@구민수-l2d
@구민수-l2d Жыл бұрын
japan bomb hawaii , so it is "historically" japanese islands lol
@vistalover9607
@vistalover9607 7 ай бұрын
1:51 Well Ainu situation isn’t wonderful but it’s been centuries upon centuries in the works so it’s not the worst. Also Matsumae clan was part Ainu. Lastly, at least Ainu’s in Japan exist. The Ainu in Russia don’t exist at all, despite almost 90% of their homeland being in the now Russian parts of Asia. Japan wants the Chishima islands back (4 southern Kurile islands which were never Russian in history until after WWII) partially as they are inportabt Ainu homes. But yeah doesn’t matter, nobody cares about Ainu. I spoke to a couple Ainu and they are quite practical people. Made me think hard about culture.
@Bighatman
@Bighatman Жыл бұрын
I am from Japan myself and I found this to be very helpful
@laptopkiller2861
@laptopkiller2861 Жыл бұрын
you're not though
@Bighatman
@Bighatman Жыл бұрын
But I am? You have no proof?
@shinsenshogun900
@shinsenshogun900 Жыл бұрын
@@Bighatman Name your prefecture and circuit region, sir
@Gameinger16
@Gameinger16 Жыл бұрын
Why the fuck is this person's legitimacy as a citizen of Japan being questioned lol.
@Bighatman
@Bighatman Жыл бұрын
@@shinsenshogun900 thing is I don’t live in Japan
@Neasyorc
@Neasyorc 6 ай бұрын
Liancourt Rocks is wrong. It’s Dokdo. Dokdo is Korea.
@knpark2025
@knpark2025 7 ай бұрын
6:50 The official stance of S. Korean government (and of course the people) of *Dokdo* (a.k.a. Liancourt Rocks) is clear: the island was excluded from Japan's administrative area during the 1945-1951 period with the rest of the Korean Peninsula and its surrounding Islands, and calling it "contested" is a direct objection to the decision made by the GHQ. The only people who think Dokdo is actively "contested" are either Japanese revisionists, or people who are misled by sources made by those revisionists. It's like raising a German contested claim on Memel in the 21th Century, and unlike Memel Dokdo even had nothing to do with Japan except for that period of three dozen years when Japan annexed Korea. It is just ridiculous.
@AyubuKK
@AyubuKK Жыл бұрын
Pretty awesome. Lately I’ve been imagining if Japan had been a larger island encompassing the main islands and the Nampo/Ryukyu islands.
@CarolineNiggAyaLee-Janet
@CarolineNiggAyaLee-Janet 7 ай бұрын
Just so you know Micronesia isn’t a country it’s called Federal States of Micronesia. Just like America isn’t a country but USA is.
@lorenzomarteen9887
@lorenzomarteen9887 7 ай бұрын
Thank you as a Pacific Islander I cannot stress this enough.
@ItzBIULD
@ItzBIULD 7 ай бұрын
​@@lorenzomarteen9887isn't the common name just Micronesia though? That'd be like calling Canada the Dominion of Canada every time.
@lorenzomarteen9887
@lorenzomarteen9887 7 ай бұрын
@@ItzBIULD yes absolutely. But I think in a formal context, it is important to distinguish the sub region of Micronesia from the country Micronesia.
@ItzBIULD
@ItzBIULD 7 ай бұрын
@@lorenzomarteen9887 In a formal setting sure but if it's not *extremely* formal then use the common name. (Formal as in governments communicating and things similar to that)
@uniqueegmd
@uniqueegmd 7 ай бұрын
you aren’t gonna call the united kingdom the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland
@kojiyaw
@kojiyaw 6 ай бұрын
I was messing with Google Earth and was surprised that some islands just under Taiwan was still Japanese
@lexuanhai6999
@lexuanhai6999 6 ай бұрын
I thought the video would be about the current islands that Japan owns that not many knows about, but half of the video is just what Japan used to own
@Zestieee
@Zestieee Жыл бұрын
Hiya, just found your channel. I assume your name, "Signore Galilei", is meant to mean "Lord/Mister Galilei". If that's the case, I feel like I should correct you. In Italian, we use the apocope'd form of the word when addressing or citing someone by their name, so it would really be "Signor Galilei", without the final E. If not, well, I'd love to know more about the meaning. "Signore" is also the plural of "Signora" so it could mean "Galilei Ladies". Hope this helps.
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks. Another Italian speaking viewer pointed this out to me a while ago, you're correct about what the meaning was originally intended to be. I've been using this username longer than I've been on KZbin, so there wasn't anyone who would have known to correct me when I first made it. Since I heard it was grammatically incorrect I've been thinking of it as two separate statements that someone's calling out, like "Signore! Galilei!". I know that's still kind of silly though.
@Coteoki
@Coteoki Жыл бұрын
The japanese government needs to step up and protect their endangered languages
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
They're not the only ones, but I think it would be good if they did
@ColasTeam
@ColasTeam Жыл бұрын
They actively try to erase them lol
@stargeno
@stargeno Жыл бұрын
ryukyuan language is nearly extinct, since its been converted to Japanese-okinawan dialect which is barely related to ryukuan language, this is due to 90% of Okinawan population is Japanese
@KamalasFakePolls
@KamalasFakePolls Жыл бұрын
​@@ColasTeam not NHK
@carlisclosetedphgt3666
@carlisclosetedphgt3666 Жыл бұрын
My country has 160 plus recognized languages and I want just one as solely official language, its weird seeing my country fellow here on youtube watching video that is spoken at local language but commenting in english. 🙄🚮 I was like are they confused because of too many choices or they thought speaking english makes them looks smarter?
@BuzzSargent
@BuzzSargent Жыл бұрын
Thank you for putting things in Miles. Makes it easier to visualize the size of the islands for me.
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
You're welcome! Just over half of the viewers on this channel are from the US, so I've been trying to find the right way to put in both US and metric units without taking up too much time.
@EricHadleyIves
@EricHadleyIves Ай бұрын
In the treaty ending, World War II, Japan did not give Taiwan to anyone. They simply renounced their claims to any sovereignty over Taiwan or the Pescadores (Penghu). The Ch’ing family had already renounced their claims to the islands in 1895. The Powers who had defeated Japan (especially the United States) therefore had to decide what to do with Taiwan and the Pescadores. The USA gave administrative control over the islands to the Republic of China, but noted in doing so that the question of the sovereignty of Taiwan and the Pescadores would need to be determined in accordance with the values of the United Nations at some future date.
@Bighatman
@Bighatman Жыл бұрын
Man this video about my country is so great I decided to watch it again
@cutterj88
@cutterj88 Жыл бұрын
Loved it!
@FilAnd01
@FilAnd01 Жыл бұрын
This is really more a nitpick than anything else but japan DOES claim all of the kurils, and the southern half of Sakhalin, just not actively. They are currently only contesting the southern 4 Kuril Islands, but they never acknowledged soviet ownership over the Kurils and southern Sakhalin. I think the government position is sort of “the southern kurils were a part of Hokkaido before the war so we should have them back. Russia doesn’t rightly own Sakhalin and the Kurils but we’re not actively contesting them and it’s a matter for another time” The reason Russia got to annex Sakhalin and the Kurils (minus the southern Kurils which are illegally occupied according to international law) is the yalta conference which Japan claims doesn’t apply to them since it was “only a statement of intent” and “Japan didn’t agree to the terms”, and that since the Soviet Union didn’t sign the San Francisco treaty, wherein japan renounced their claims to Sakhalin and the Kurils, the soviets (now Russia) don’t own the land legally.
@NanobanaKinako
@NanobanaKinako Жыл бұрын
Tokyo's territorial area is so bizarre that they put those island as part of the city.
@NON155
@NON155 Жыл бұрын
HOW ABOUT ( The Exsplain Of .) U.S.A STATES BORDER MAPS HISTORY WHEN PAST KEEP CHANGING IT...
@Edyime
@Edyime 7 ай бұрын
How can you talk about Japan's other islands and not have a fat section about the Okinawa island chain
@nickelshark8163
@nickelshark8163 6 ай бұрын
I know, he didn't mention the Yaeyama islands where I live. 😢
@정의훈-t6h
@정의훈-t6h 7 ай бұрын
it’s japan that disputing dokdo one-sidely this video misleads it as if it’s some disputed territory Korea firmly holds the islands, it’s japan that’s claiming them just because one side claims it doesn’t mean it becomes a disputed area
@popopopooo1453
@popopopooo1453 3 ай бұрын
急にどーした?
@shinsenshogun900
@shinsenshogun900 Жыл бұрын
Return of the Signore! Japan will know and grow larger!
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
It's always exciting for me when I can get a new video out - glad to see you're excited too!
@BioluminescentTree
@BioluminescentTree Жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the great city of Toyko 🤦‍♂️
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
...whelp. I knew I was gonna miss something.
@정의훈-t6h
@정의훈-t6h 7 ай бұрын
this video did not mention the tsushima dispute japan is disputing tsushima with Korea
@bseleon2946
@bseleon2946 6 ай бұрын
Disputed territory requires both political & military expenses. Which is TRUE for Dokdo & NOT TRUE for tsushima Island. Plz study international politics properly before commenting. Regard.
@名前はまだない-i3r
@名前はまだない-i3r 3 ай бұрын
lol, no😅
@TON618_chan
@TON618_chan 7 ай бұрын
fun fact : therse a island called *soviet* witch its half of japanese make that as a countryball (not half maybe)
@보키더록
@보키더록 6 ай бұрын
You learn geography off countryball 😂
@kaisermuto
@kaisermuto Жыл бұрын
The war end was August 15, 1945. But Soviet Russia rushed to Hokkaido from 18th August to September 2. It is invasion and coward action.
@huyanhpham1445
@huyanhpham1445 10 ай бұрын
Cope harder . The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, bringing the war's hostilities to a close.
@hasanpasha01
@hasanpasha01 10 ай бұрын
Cope
@graceneilitz7661
@graceneilitz7661 5 ай бұрын
Nope. The war ended on September 2. Japan deciding that they were actually going to surrender does not mean that the war is over.
@kaisermuto
@kaisermuto 5 ай бұрын
@@graceneilitz7661 Russian excuse.
@graceneilitz7661
@graceneilitz7661 5 ай бұрын
@@kaisermuto American & British/Commonwealth troops were still fighting Japanese units after August 15th.
@andrypatria
@andrypatria Жыл бұрын
I thought it was bill wurtz video
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
I've gotten that comment on previous videos, which is why I explicitly called it out this time.
@VinnyNajera-zn7th
@VinnyNajera-zn7th Жыл бұрын
Well we should know how many islands and told him does Japan have the ones you just show what the yellow circle around it not the ones next to it not the ones on the Japanese Nation island.
@piano_beginner
@piano_beginner 5 ай бұрын
I would like to add that there are no real Ainu people today. Today they are prey to the interests of politicians.
@ender7278
@ender7278 Жыл бұрын
You didn't mention the Ryukyus or any other islands between Kyushu and Taiwan.
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei Жыл бұрын
I talked about the Ryukyu islands while discussing Okinawa.
@dev9100-luv-the-world
@dev9100-luv-the-world Жыл бұрын
Interesting
@yonghwankim4338
@yonghwankim4338 4 ай бұрын
The narrator’s pronunciation is Japanese pronunciation of English. What does it mean? This channel represents the view of Japan. Lol..
@VishalKhopkar1296
@VishalKhopkar1296 7 ай бұрын
you forgot senkaku islands... btw Japan is so spread that the southernmost point of Japan is farther south than Karachi in pakistan
@SignoreGalilei
@SignoreGalilei 7 ай бұрын
That's a pretty cool fact! I mentioned the Senkaku Islands at 6:53.
@TAEYONGISMYFATHER71
@TAEYONGISMYFATHER71 7 ай бұрын
2:40 i used to live here and i miss the stores and food
@malkavianloner8808
@malkavianloner8808 6 ай бұрын
waaaaay too quick. not much info... just a quick recap would love to hear more about them with not just more details, but a bit more focus on the battle info and the names. waaaaaaaaaaaay too breif
@JackManic1984
@JackManic1984 6 ай бұрын
It's pronounced "queue shoe." Kyushu.
@yipming9053
@yipming9053 6 ай бұрын
This is why China’s sovereignty claims in the South China Sea are not problematic. Everything is just a matter of strength.
@Meme-op8fu
@Meme-op8fu Жыл бұрын
Ainu are Inuit, Ryukyuan are Polynesian. Interesting, so Japanese are half pacific islander, half siberian. Their influences stretch from Philippines to Northern Russia, which pretty much covers the entire Asian pacific region.
@dannydevito7685
@dannydevito7685 Жыл бұрын
Well, yes and no. The yamato (95% of Japanese) mostly came from Korea and some from China. There is not much polynesian or inuit blood in the Japanese. They are east Asians, as simple as that
@StephanosBlack
@StephanosBlack Жыл бұрын
Forgotten by whom? I certainly remember that these islands exist.
@theununtrium
@theununtrium Жыл бұрын
Someone probably
@StephanosBlack
@StephanosBlack Жыл бұрын
@@theununtrium Yeah. I'm just sick of these clickbaity titles that over-exaggerate things.
@naniwa111
@naniwa111 6 ай бұрын
Interesting 🤔
@guywhowatchesvideos-z2e
@guywhowatchesvideos-z2e Жыл бұрын
it is a challenge to find anything about taiwan due to china blocking it
@svihl666
@svihl666 Жыл бұрын
9:38 / 9:48
@ivangoran4461
@ivangoran4461 7 ай бұрын
"Currently held by Russia" means it is Russia and never gonna be Japan. Japan is occupied by US and the US should also retreat from Europe as Russia did.
@ChronicTheHempHog-mf3nh
@ChronicTheHempHog-mf3nh 7 ай бұрын
He said currently part of Russia because historically they have been part of Japan China and Russia
@ivangoran4461
@ivangoran4461 7 ай бұрын
@@ChronicTheHempHog-mf3nh So Britain is currently held by Brits, and North America is currently held by the US politicians and their army. Israel is currently held by Israelites. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are currently held by EU. Thanx for clearing that up.
@robertolin4568
@robertolin4568 7 ай бұрын
Somehow I can see bill wurtz in the thumbnail
@liuzh1han
@liuzh1han 7 ай бұрын
Love this Especially the fact that you don't force a narrative based on your political beliefs and stay neutral
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